Brassiere



BRASSIRE L Filed Nov. 50, 1946 vhhuur f Patented May fil,Y 1949 BAssrnn Abraham Rubinstein, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Perfect Brassiere Company, Inc., `lersey City, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application November 30, 1946, Serial No. 713,269

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in brassires, and more particularly to brassires of the so-called strapless type.

One of the objects oi" the invention is to provide a brassire with stays that serve to effect a suspension support for the breast cups or pockets of the article.

Another object is to provide a brassire so constructed that the breast cups or pockets may be easily adjusted to comfortably accommodate the wearers breasts.

A further object is to provide a brassire that is readily adjustable to the girth of the wearers body in the region of the bosom so that it may be worn without discomfort.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a rear view of the brassire laid out at with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front View;

Fig. 3 is a view in section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a View in section taken on the line il-ll of Fig. 2.

While I have illustrated, and shall describe, the brassire as one of the straplesstype, it is to be understood that it may be converted into the strap type by providing it with the usual shoulder straps, either ixed or detachable.

Having reference now to the drawings, It indicates the brassire which may be made of any suitable material. In the preferred embodiment of the invention as shown, the brassire cornprises a central section or gore l I and two tapering end sections i2-I2, the several sections being suitably stitched together, At each end there are one or more elastic straps i3 and l which may be conveniently made of pieces of covered elastic tape folded in substantially V-shape as shown in Fig. 1. The straps lli each carry a hook I5, while the straps lli each carry an extension tape I6 provided with a series of eyes il for selective engagement with the companion hook. The edges of the brassire are preferably reenforced on the inside with bindings or facings I9 are breast cups or pockets of sufficient fullness to cover and comfortably support the breasts. The cups may each be made of two sections of material, namely, a lower part 2o and an upper part 2l stitched together, the whole being stitched to the body portion of the brassire. If desired the several seams may be I reenforced on the inside with suitable bindings A stay 23 extends upward vertically between the two breast cups lil-i9 at the middle of the brassire, and two additional stays 2li-2d eX- tend upward obliquely toward each other adjacent the outer edges of the cups and with their upper ends coming within the outer ends of the upper parts Z of the cups, as shown in Fig. 1. The stays may be made of any suitable material, preferably resilient, and they are covered on the outside by the material of the brassire and on the inside by binding tapes 25.

The upper edge 26 of the brassire is doubled and hemmed to provide a passageway for the draw-strings 2l-2l. The remote ends of the draw-strings are fastened to the end sections of the brassire, and their proximate or free ends emerge through eyelets 23-23 at substantially the middle of the inner face of the upper edge.

The construction described provides what may be termed a suspension support for the breast cups, whereby the breasts are firmly supported from below but are kept free from any objectionable downward pressure that might occasion discomfort to the wearer. It will be apparent that when the brassire is applied and adjusted to the girth of the wearers body, the lower marginal edge portion 29 thereof, that is the portion eX- tending around the body directly below the breast cups, will fit snugly against the body. The lower sections 2@ of the cups will accordingly fit snugly against the lower portion of the breasts and thus prevent them from sagging. However, since the stays in effect form a cradle by and between which the cups are suspended, the upper sections 2! thereof will be held against pressing down unduly on the upper parts of the breasts. The draw strings 2l, however, permit of making such adjustment as may be desirable of the upper part of the cups.

While I have described and shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that various modications may be made therein within the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

l. A brassire comprising a band for encirclement of the bust, said band including a pair of breast pockets, and at least three flexible stays providing suspension supports for said pockets, the stays being secured to the band and extending substantially from its lower marginal edge to its upper marginal edge, one of the stays being disposed vertically midway between and adjacent to the near edges of the two pockets, the other marginal edge to its upper marginal eclgepone of the stays being disposed `vertically Amidway between and adjacent to the near edges `of the two pockets, the other stays extending upward obliquely toward the central stay with the upper end of each oblique stay coming within the upper portion of the far edge of one of the pockets respeetively, and withthe lower end thereof spaced outwardly from the breast pocket, and a pair .of drawstrings each having its outer end Xed to an outer end of the band and its inner end passing through an opening in the center of the band, whereby on tightening the drawstrings the upper edge of the band is shortened and the upper ends of the two flexible oblique stays are drawn in towards the center stay.

ABRAHAM RUBINSTEIN.

REFERENCES CITED lThe following references are of record in the iil'e of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS v S Number f Name Date 1,972,923 De-B'evoise Sept. 9, 1913 874,868 `Bissett Aug. 30, 1932 V2,.1J.3,(l6f) Maas- Dec. 24, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 50,264 `vFrance Oct. 24, 1939 854,188 "France J an. 4, 1940 

